[pct-l] Where do you put it?

[Jackie McDonnell]

My pack (filled with all my gear & food) is put under my feet as I sleep.
 This allows me to use a short sleeping pad, because the pack fills the void
at my feet.  The height of the back allows me to elevate my feet when I
sleep.

HOWEVER, in canister-required areas, my food is in the bear canister, not in
my pack.

Yogi
www.pcthandbook.com

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Brenda And Jim Johnson <
jdjohnson at accesscomm.ca> wrote:

> Curious ... at the end of the day ... after the camp chores have been
> taken care of ...
> the journal's been updated ... what do thru-hikers and long section
> hikers do with the pack
> and the food just before "hiker midnight" arrives?
> Does everything stay outside the tent? Or inside with you? Hanging from
> a tree branch?
>
> On our 4 or 5-day hikes in the Canadian Rockies, and (lately) in Glacier
> National Park Montana,
> we take all food, scented items, and cooking gear out of our packs and
> place them in a waterproof food bag
> and haul it up a cable to hang from a bear pole. Our packs are placed
> outside the tents,
> wrapped under our pack covers. Usually there's 4 of us, in two Lunar Duo
> tents - so not a lot of room left for packs.
> We've done this for several years with no night-time visitors (that we
> know of).
>
> Just curious what is usually done with your pack, and your food, on a
> long hike.
>
> ~ jiffypop
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